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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

The Use of a Bronchial Blocker To Rescue an Ill-Fitting Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tube

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Philip Hartigan, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115.

Implications: Using certain specialized endotracheal tubes designed to allow single-lung ventilation for certain thoracic surgical procedures may be fraught with technical difficulties owing to common anatomic anomalies. This case report describes a simple solution for an ill-fitting right double-lumen endotracheal tube using a balloon-tipped catheter.

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